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Over the past week, environmental activists all over the world are taking drastic measures to demand that their governments take action to stop climate change.…
Continue reading The Extinction Rebellion and How Instagram is Keeping Morale High
There are countless ways people have used cell phones to participate in protests and engage in political or civic action. Handheld technologies play vital roles…
Throughout history, revolutions have sparked all over the world for countless reasons. Big or small, those who participate in revolutions all have the common goal…
Political memes have become very popular in social media in the past few years. This is because they mix humor and emotions with current pressing…
As the use of technology has increased exponentially in the past few years, so has its involvement in the political sphere. But the relationship between…
Continue reading The Double-Edged Sword of Technology in our Democracy
Affective publics are online networked publics that are social-media based and serve as platforms for affective expression in moments that present the opportunity of social…
Counterpublics have been described as “parallel discursive arenas where members of subordinate social groups invent and circulate counter discourses to formulate oppositional interpretations of their identities,…
In Sunstein’s “Daily Me” talk, he speaks on the issues with personalization or customization of our Internet experiences, something that is generally praised, especially by…
The subject of framing in the media today is one that is not talked about often, though it is arguably one of the most important.…